journalese

English

Etymology

From journal +‎ -ese.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒɜː.nəˈliːz/
• (General American) enPR: jûrʹnəl, IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒɝ.nəˈliz/

Noun

journalese (countable and uncountable, plural journaleses)

1. A style of writing used in some newspapers and magazines, characterized by cliché, hyperbolic language and clipped syntax.
   • c. 2000, Joe Grimm, Detroit Free Press:

     We write journalese out of habit, sometimes from misguided training, and to sound urgent, authoritative and, well, journalistic. But it doesn't do any of that.

   • 2004, Rick Thompson, Writing for Broadcast Journalists, Routledge, →ISBN, page 21:

     The veteran newspaper columnist, Keith Waterhouse, identifies two versions of this journalese. The first is officialese. It can be found everywhere […] The second version, which he calls tabloidese, is characterised by bolted-together monosyllables and sensationalism. Both types of journalese have this in common: people don't speak like that.

Translations

style of writing used in some newspapers and magazines

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 新聞文體／新闻文体 (xīnwén wéntǐ)

• German: Zeitungsstil m, Jargon der Journalisten m
• Hungarian: sajtónyelv, zsurnalizmus (hu)

See also

• headlinese
• newspaperese
• officialese
• tabloidese